Example sentences of "[conj] i have [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Leading me where I have always wanted to go yet never known how .
2 They are very high quality soft pastels , with a wonderfully creamy texture which varies not at all from colour to colour , unlike other pastel ranges I have bought , where I have sometimes found that the darkest colours have been brittle and irritatingly scratchy to use .
3 Not that I can say either Derek or I have ever had any problems in the Bedroom Compartment .
4 The tracks are indeed of jarv , a shy , elusive animal that neither Tony nor I have ever seen .
5 The hardy annual mignonette ( Reseda odorata ) is always listed with scented plants , although I have rarely noticed its fragrance .
6 Notice that , although I have just summarized some of the teacher 's predicament that I described in Chapter 2 , we have arrived at the summary by a different route : not by reporting what people say , but by looking at the inevitable consequences of working in a demanding situation .
7 To find employment my father moved to Peterborough and although I have since lived at Rathcoole for a period I have found my childhood friends difficult to trace .
8 And although I have since had my own shows in West End galleries in London , the excitement of being part of the Summer Exhibition has never worn thin .
9 And although I have occasionally considered a larger tank in the house ( I have a 48″ × 15″ × 15″ ) , accommodating it would involve so much disruption that I have never bitten the bullet .
10 ( Although I have twice referred to Milton myself , I did so because I was grasping for images to convey something of the reality of the Devil .
11 Oisin , who knew a little of the theory of sorcery — ‘ Although I have never aspired to its practice , ’ he would have said modestly — knew that with the emerging of the first , the others would have gained strength and confidence .
12 They are a part of the process , although I have never signed an artist from a demo without seeing the group play live .
13 I believe that the general practitioners find a problem list more informative ( although I have never investigated this formally ) and that the copy letters in the notes make a more useful case summary than the handwritten record .
14 They were grand folk , and it 's because of them that I am not one of the antismoking lobby ( although I have never associated personally with nicotine ) .
15 Although I have earlier granted it to simplify matters ( p. 21 ) , premiss ( 1 ) is not nearly so firm as an objector might like .
16 For a real account of the BCR we must wait for Martin Davies 's definitive history , but although I have only included some of the anecdotes which crop up again and again , and a few photographs , many BCRS member have given invaluable assistance , and the presence of the Railway taken for granted throughout the time covered by ‘ BISHOP 'S CASTLE WELL-REMEMBERED ’ .
17 Although I have severely criticized inductivist philosophies of science in this and the previous chapter , the arguments I have presented do not constitute an absolutely decisive refutation of that programme .
18 I think that this is important — I am sure that the House will agree that this is important and that I should explain the background to the answer that I have previously given .
19 So I map out a route over familiar country near home which takes in some old hedges and one-time mushroom pastures , hoist a gathering bag over my shoulder — and then curse the fact that the mid-October day that I have carefully planned for this expedition turns out to be the most dismal of the autumn so far .
20 It provides the clearest description that I have yet found on the use of 50 millesimals in practice and in addition conveys a sense of excitement which makes one eager to try out this ‘ new ’ form of prescribing .
21 For many years national and international agencies have been collecting data on some significant social indicators , and it is now possible , with all the provisos about the nature of the data that I have already made , to make some , albeit rough and preliminary ranking of the nations of the world on the most widely accepted social and welfare criteria .
22 I think that I have already given way a reasonable number of times .
23 None of that , for reasons that I have already explained , is put in jeopardy by the trust proposal .
24 I am happy to tell the hon. Gentleman that I have had a number of meetings with President Vassiliou during the year and that I have already met Turkish Ministers , as has my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary .
25 ‘ Ca n't you tell — ’ his eyes seemed to say , ‘ that I have already pressed it ?
26 A number of these things that I have already raised this morning are perhaps are , er primary phase issues rather than secondary but we must remember that the pressures on secondary schools continue as in the primary phase and finally another concern which you are all very well aware of and which particularly if you 're governors you will have drawn to your attention constantly is erm the continuing concern about our educational building stock both in terms of its adequacy as regards the size and the capacity of the accommodation at , where some schools are concerned its need for repair and maintenance work and its need for adaptation to meet the new demands of the curriculum .
27 In this experiment a team from Culham went to the Kurchatov Institute to measure the temperature with the new laser-scattering technique that I have already mentioned .
28 Among those present were the Princess Royal , King Constantine of the Hellenes , , the Moët et Chandon party that I have already mentioned ; the managing director of the Rolex watch company in London Mr Ian Nelson , and many others .
29 Judgment was given on the substance of the case in the following terms , at pp. 682–683 , picking up the point that I have already mentioned :
30 ‘ Now , Charles , if you would calm down a moment and allow me to get a word in , I would be able to inform you that I have already negotiated just such a deal for you . ’
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